DiscoverSONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, RelivedSpecial Guest: Professor Phyllis Rackin — Shakespeare and Women
Special Guest: Professor Phyllis Rackin — Shakespeare and Women

Special Guest: Professor Phyllis Rackin — Shakespeare and Women

Update: 2025-07-20
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In this special episode, Phyllis Rackin, Professor Emerita of English from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and former president of the Shakespeare Association of America talks to Sebastian Michael about the position of women in Elizabethan society, about William Shakespeare's relationship with the women in his life, and about what we can and cannot know specifically of the Dark Lady in his Sonnets.

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Special Guest: Professor Phyllis Rackin — Shakespeare and Women

Special Guest: Professor Phyllis Rackin — Shakespeare and Women

Sebastian Michael